Roman Polanski’s new movie is called Based on a True Story, although it isn’t. Polanski, now 84, is now capping a lifetime of powerful features, whether he likes it or not, but he’s not an auteur in the traditional sense of the word. The idea of auteur emerged with the French New Wave to describe […]
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India’s Child Marriage Epidemic Needs To Go Away
Despite laws permitting women and men to marry when they turn the legal age of 18 and 21 respectively, child marriage continues to be a massive problem in India with it even being glorified in some cases. India is one of the few countries worldwide where child marriage continues to be widely accepted, with about […]
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Trump Welcomes The Emir Of Kuwait To The White House
Remarks by President Trump and Emir Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah of Kuwait in Joint Press Conference in the East Room. PRESIDENT TRUMP: Good afternoon, and thank you for all being here. It’s my great honor to welcome His Highness the Emir of Kuwait to the White House. The United States and Kuwait share a strong […]
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Trump Needs To Denounce White Supremacists Now More Than Ever
President Trump should completely denounce not only white supremacists but the claims made by such groups that they were trying to fulfill “Trump’s promise to America”, according to Richard Wagner Yes, right now! Four weeks after the Charlottesville march that turned into a riot, Trump should fully denounce the white supremacists of that march on […]
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Trump: I Really Believe Congress Wants To Take Care Of DACA
En route to Bismarck, North Dakota, President Trump answers questions about his decision to end DACA. Q: Mr. President, what do you say to those who say there are mixed signals coming from the White House over DACA? THE PRESIDENT: No mixed signal at all. Congress, I really believe, wants to take care of this […]
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Trump Administration Needs To Expand The Global Entry Program
While the TSA and CBP are very skilled at keeping smugglers from entering the U.S. at airports, the Federal government should allocate the funding and the personnel needed to expand the Global Entry program for those of us who are not criminals. Since the Republican primaries in 2016, Donald Trump has made it quite clear […]
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Obama Stands Up For DREAMERS
President Obama stands up for DREAMERS in a public post on his facebook page. Immigration can be a controversial topic. We all want safe, secure borders and a dynamic economy, and people of goodwill can have legitimate disagreements about how to fix our immigration system so that everybody plays by the rules. But that’s not […]
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Statement From President Donald J. Trump On DACA
Statement from President Donald J. Trump on DACA. As President, my highest duty is to defend the American people and the Constitution of the United States of America. At the same time, I do not favor punishing children, most of whom are now adults, for the actions of their parents. But we must also recognize […]
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AG Jeff Sessions: DACA Is Being Rescinded
Full remarks of Attorney General Sessions on DACA being rescinded. Good morning. I am here today to announce that the program known as DACA that was effectuated under the Obama Administration is being rescinded. The DACA program was implemented in 2012 and essentially provided a legal status for recipients for a renewable two-year term, work […]
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The Twin Peaks Revival
Entire books could be written about David Lynch as a person, a movement, an obsession, so I’ll keep it short. It’s very likely that I was the only man with a festival badge who did not bring a tuxedo with him to Cannes this year. Which is simply because I have never owned one before, […]